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I'd been convinced I was on the outside, but really, I'd always been within arm's reach. All I had to do was ask, and I, too, would be easily brought back, surrounded and immersed, finding myself safe, somewhere in between.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Always
Reach
Immersed
Would
Outside
Surrounded
Safe
Findings
Arms
Finding
Asks
Easily
Within
Convinced
Back
Somewhere
Really
Brought

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